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11 notes

2014

Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Annamaria Clementi

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

This bottle was fruity and doughy on the front end and bitter on the back. Not especially pleasant overall for me. I agree with the previous taster's note regarding the perception of artificiality of…

Reviewed 14 September 2025
2013

Bellavista Franciacorta Riserva Vittorio Moretti

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

The peach note is especially strong with this bottle. Wonderfully balanced otherwise, with a voluminous mouthfeel and weighty mid-palate, but it moves along beautifully and doesn't get gummed-up by…

Reviewed 6 April 2025
2016

Bellavista Franciacorta Riserva Vittorio Moretti

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

Nectarine spray and mandarin orange pith notes push ahead of the lemon, lime, kumquat, travertine, and nougat flavors to form a unique and spritely profile. At first, the elements don't jive…

Reviewed 27 November 2024
2014

Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Annamaria Clementi

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

Similar to my notes on the 2015, this 2014 has all the lemon, marzipan, white bread, and white stone fruit you'd want from a Franciacorta bubbly. There is a nice density here that pauses in the…

Reviewed 27 November 2024
2015

Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Annamaria Clementi Rosé

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

Much more linear and strict compared to the non-Rose version of 2015 Annamaria, this Rose keeps its delivery on the straight and narrow, offering unripe-crunchy strawberry, white rock, and hints of…

Reviewed 13 November 2024
2015

Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Annamaria Clementi

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

Marzipan, almond paste, crème fraiche, and hints of fresh dough provide a silky textural robe to the core lemon, travertine, white melon, quince, white peach, and sea salt notes. The attack is smooth…

Reviewed 11 November 2024
2013

Bellavista Franciacorta Riserva Vittorio Moretti

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

I decided to give this the at-home test to make sure I wasn't just being starry eyed given the Michelin star setting at Petra Segreta where I last had this wine. This is a crazy complex wine with a…

Reviewed 28 September 2024
NV

Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta Rosé

Lombardia · Franciacorta DOCG

Nice strawberry and citrus fruit flavors. Not too dry on the finish. Probably a little "sweeter" than many brut Roses (not like a demi-sec though), which I didn't mind necessarily. Went down fine…

Reviewed 8 April 2017